816th EAS airmen fly, fight, win [Image 3 of 7]

QATAR

01.09.2014

The 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron patch is displayed on the shoulder of 1st Lt. Zach White aboard a C-17 Globemaster III at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Jan. 9, 2014. The 816th EAS is responsible for providing strategic airlift and combat operations to the U.S. Air Forces Central Command’s area of responsibility. The Airmen assigned to the 816th EAS, who are deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., have flown more than130 sorties, moved more than 4 million pounds of cargo and more than 1,700 passengers in the past two weeks alone. White is a pilot who hails from Bethel, Conn. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jared Trimarchi)